Order! Order! Top Court’s Interest in Holy Matrimony Is Kaafi Real

Marriages are no longer made only in heaven as courts seem to be increasingly invested in them.

Marriages are no longer made only in heaven (and our desi living rooms over tray-fulls of chai-nashta) as courts seem to be growing increasingly invested in marriages.

(Graphic: Aroop Mishra/The Quint)

“Order! Order!” Why should you bother?

Well here’s why:

Marriages are no longer made only in heaven. Courts, too, appear to be increasingly invested in marriages: asking parties if they are interested in getting engaged in holy matrimony and providing pertinent matrimonial inputs while hearing sexual assault cases.

Courts, too, appear to be growing increasingly invested in marriages: asking parties if they are interested in getting engaged in holy matrimony and providing pertinent matrimonial inputs while hearing sexual assault cases.(Image: Aroop Mishra/The Quint)

On 1 March, the Chief Justice of India had asked a government employee if he would marry the woman who had accused him of repeatedly raping her.

On the same day, while hearing a sexual assault case, he had said: “When two people are living as husband and wife, however brutal the husband is, can the act of sexual intercourse between them be called rape?”

So, there you have it! Strengthening the foundations of marriage in India, aren’t we?

(Kaafi Real is a series of cartoons on The Quint. You can check out all our other Kaafi Real cartoons here.)